Well, the OP mentioned that Old Whitemustache’s key is being used
Since they said Old id go Old
Since Shanks is stated & shown equal to Oldbeard that doesn't seem to be the case.
He's able to, but it isn't really relevant since Mihawk scales above Shanks who matched WB's hao coating & is stated his equal in the VC.
Why would Haoshoku not be relevant when he can use Coating in this key?
It doesn't though, Shanks scales to WB's Hao coating like I said above.
Yes and? If Whitebeard didn't have it he'd be even lower, it doesn't make them equal but it makes them closer then they would be.
Can we really say that Shanks matching WB in a single panel with Hao coating make he totally equal? We see that Luffy did the same thing with Kaido and was still inferior; btw we don't know if Whitebeard also used advanced Busou in that move or just raw Haoshoku.
I mean I agree, but I'm just making the point that Mihawk > Shanks = Old WB's Hao coating so it's not relevant in a discussion on who has the better haki.
Luffy matching Kaido showed he wasn't inferior in AP to whatever form Kaido was in, the same applies to Shanks and WB. We don't know if they're using buso due to it being pre-timeskip but that doesn't matter much as it's stated the two of them are equals in the VC.
He has better AOE but his actual AOE isn't that effective against people on his level (It really only effected the fodder soldiers at marineford and people around the world) and it more comes down to his actual gura blasts which I don't think have better AOE than Mihawk's air slashes, he does have better endurance feats though.
Its kinda funny that a swordsman would have a range advantage tho lol
Well, Luffy later proved inferior in another match, but that's not the case. I didn't remember that statement from the Vivre-card. Whitebeard is still superior in stamina (By feats, Mihawk is totally outclassed in this area), the AP gap is unknown and i think over time WB would last longer (He also has a high pain tolerance to help in the rough duel).
I was referring to that AOE when I mentioned his actual gura blasts, but that doesn't seem to have more aoe than Mihawk's big air slashes.
Don't believe that happened with regular Hybrid. It's mentioned on Shanks' profile. Endurance, sure, but his actual stamina is just being scaled above characters he's stronger than which would apply to Mihawk for the same reasoning if it's used.
It isn't.
I remember now, the original translation says that Kaido's Haki got stronger after he got drunk; yes, it's in the profile, but I don't have every detail of the profiles in mind :v; if I'm not mistaken there is a rule on the wikia about not scaling character stamina for no apparent reason, I believe Whitebeard is scaling Akainu because he is physically superior.
Pretty sure I heard that as well, but yeah Whitebeard and most of the top tiers are scaling to the same stamina feats due to physically being superior to other characters.
oldbeard
Yeah true that... Narratively i would say Oldbeard got the slight edge but Matchup wise they both got wincons... im routing for inconclusive for now since we dont have enough feats of Mihawk equalizing Whitebeard's in Marineford
This is the WB that takes 2 deep breaths and a sword swing to transform into that same WB
Alright listen… I wasn’t allowed to add that as a weakness on a profile therefore it doesnt happen.
